Texas Venture Labs is extremely excited for what is in store for 2025! Calling all student entrepreneurs, are you looking for more opportunities to pitch your startup and grow your entrepreneurial network? Applications just opened for the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The RBPC is the world’s premiere graduate-level student startup […]
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Upcoming Events and Opportunities
Fall continues to bring a wave of opportunities to connect, learn, and grow within our vibrant community. Whether you’re a returning student or new to our program, there’s something for everyone this season. Here’s a roundup of upcoming events you won’t want to miss! Information Sessions for Practicum and Energy Ventures TVL is prepared to […]
September at TVL: A Month In Review
September was a whirlwind of fun and engagement! On September 9th, our new pilot The Small Business Impact Program had its kickoff event, where the cohort of 19 small businesses mingled with a number of community partners, including our program’s sponsors from Wells Fargo. We then had our first SBI Wednesday Workshop on September 11th, […]
August 2024 Ecosystem Events
Texas Venture Labs is gearing up for a dynamic fall semester designed to invigorate and inspire. We want to highlight some other events in our UT McCombs ecosystem that we are excited about! We are hosting the first Startup Coffee Connect of the semester with HKEC on September 12th, the perfect opportunity to start your day […]
August 2024 Upcoming Opportunities
Texas Venture Labs has supported the startup ecosystem in Texas since 2010 through the TVL Accelerator program. We are now expanding our offerings, thanks to the Wells Fargo Foundation, to include our small business community. Our Small Business Impact Program is designed to provide small businesses with tools and knowledge to pursue growth and sustainability in a series of comprehensive […]
TVL Upcoming Opportunities
APPLY NOW FOR TVL INVESTMENT COMPETITION The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition awards more than $100,000 each year in prizes and in-kind support during its fall and spring competitions, where graduate students from the University of Texas System present their business ventures to simulate the experience of pitching to investors. Apply by April 21 to […]
Upcoming Opportunities and Ecosystem Events
The McCombs Graduate Entrepreneurship Society’s Meeting of the Minds is a monthly meetup for UT graduate student entrepreneurs that features a presentation by a student-run business along with networking and collaboration opportunities. The next Meeting of the Minds is happening on Wednesday, January 31 from noon to 1 PM at Texas Venture Labs, RRH 1.354. […]
Fall 2023 TVLIC Semifinalists and Pitch Schedule
Thank you to all those who applied to our Fall 2023 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition! Below are the 25 companies that were chosen to compete at our Semi-Finals happening on Friday, December 8 starting at 9 AM. The times and room numbers where each team will be presenting are included below. Division I – […]
October Ecosystem Events
Nucleate Texas is hosting a Cocktail Happy Hour on Monday, Oct. 2 at 6:00 PM at Gabriel’s, 1900 University Ave. Nucleate is a student-run nonprofit organization that facilitates the formation of new life science ventures. Nucleate’s equity-free Activator program supports emerging bio & eco-tech entrepreneurs coming from academia who plan to tackle the biggest challenges […]
Upcoming Opportunities for Fall 2023
Texas Venture Labs will be hosting a series of events and information sessions throughout the Fall 2023 semester where grad students can learn more about the classes, programs and opportunities that TVL offers. Click on the links below to RSVP. Check back throughout the semester as we will be adding information sessions to this page […]